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The mood was unusually jovial at Tuesday night's Hinsdale Village Board meeting.
"Thank you all for coming," Village President Tom Cauley told the crowd. "Usually when we have this many people in the room it's not a good thing."
“We have a judicial system that lets off the wealthy and the well-connected and punishes poor and vulnerable people,” said U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, D-IL.
House Democrats are demanding that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas resign immediately following questions about potential ethical violations.
House Democrats called on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to resign Wednesday following reports that he accepted lavish trips and gifts from a prominent Republican donor for more than 20 years without disclosing them.
A Native American nation with roots in Illinois hailed a new federal bill as progress in their struggle to reclaim reservation land illegally sold by the government nearly 200 years ago.
Washington.- A group of 24 Democratic congressmen urged the President of the United States, Joe Biden, to intercede with the Government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to guarantee justice and accountability for the murders of two Jesuit priests in Chihuahua last June.
Washington.- Una veintena de congresistas estadounidenses ha reclamado al presidente Joe Biden, que interceda para que el reciente asesinato en México de dos sacerdotes jesuitas no quede impune.
Entre los firmantes están los demócratas Jesús "Chuy" García, nacido en Durango (México), Jim McGovern y Lou Correa.
In response to recent airline flight cancellations, U.S. Reps. Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jesus “Chuy” Garcia (D-IL), and Jamie Raskin (D-MD) joined U.S. Sens. Edward Markey (D-MA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) in introducing legislation to protect flying consumers.
WASHINGTON — Capitol Hill sources confirmed to Latino Rebels over the weekend that a bill to create a citizenship pathway for approximately eight million undocumented will be introduced this week in the House of Representatives.
In a letter sent Friday to the state’s Department of Public Safety, House Democrats Joaquin Castro, Veronica Escobar, Jesus Garcia, Raul Grijalva and Norma Torres criticized the agency for issuing most information and press briefings following the May 24 massacre, in which 19 children and two teachers died, only in English.